Evaluating conditional start with a macro

Jeff_DOC — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 19:03:26 GMT

Hello.

Could someone help understand why I cannot get this very simple macro to execute? When I run it I do get the params data from that step but nothing within the macro executes. On the initial run I get no failure at all, just no execution. On all subsequent runs I get,

"The quoted string currently being processed has become more than 262 characters long. You might have unbalanced quotation marks."

This forces me to close SAS and reopen.

Thank you very much.

data params;
	attrib 
		run_date		length = 8		format = mmddyy10.
		begin_date	length = 8		format = mmddyy10.
		ending_date 	length = 8		format = mmddyy10.
		rep_start_date length = $10
		rep_end_date	length = $10;

	run_date = today();
	run_month = month(run_date);
/*	begin_date = intnx('semiyear',run_date,1,"BEGIN");*/
/*	ending_date = intnx('semiyear',run_date,1,"END");*/
/*	rep_start_date = put(begin_date, mmddyy10.);*/
/*	rep_end_date = put(ending_date, mmddyy10.);*/

	call symput("run_month",run_month);
/*	call symput("begin_date",begin_date);*/
/*	call symput("ending_date",ending_date);*/
/*	call symput("rep_start_date",rep_start_date);*/
/*	call symput("rep_end_date",rep_end_date);*/
run;

%macro run_code;
	%if %eval(&run_month. = 1 or &run_month. = 7) %then %do;

data temp_01;
	test_var = 'This code actually ran.';
run;

	%end;
%mend;
%macro run_code;

Re: Evaluating conditional start with a macro

PaigeMiller — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 19:24:50 GMT

The last command should be

%run_code

What you had written

%macro run_code;

defines the macro %RUN_CODE again, there is never a %MEND; and so %RUN_CODE is essentially an unfinished macro and can't be used. Any text that is executed after that line becomes part of the unfinished macro and won't execute at all.

Re: Evaluating conditional start with a macro

Jeff_DOC — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 19:26:39 GMT

You did it. Thank you very much.

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